The sessions that received the highest ratings were Regional Organics Recycling/ Siting Compost Facilities, Source Reduction, C&D Recycling and the presentations by the CIWMB.

The written comments on the Conference were:
"Give the next conference the same attention to detail and it too will be a success."
"Overall, the timing of speakers and subjects provided was excellently planned.
"Do not schedule speakers for lunch, need time to mix and share."
"You had quite a bit of information to disseminate and I didn't feel you gave everyone enough time to explain their subjects."
"I thought this was one of the best organized of recent conferences and addressed the most important and timely topics."
"I really enjoyed the session on multi-family recycling and wished I could have attended the Commercial Recycling as well."

When asked, "Would you attend a next step conference?" 93% responded positively, with no negative responses.

The following topics for the next conference were checked by the indicated number of respondents as subjects they "could use more information on":
C&D Recycling 16
Diversion Calculation./Adjustment Methods 14
Source Reduction 14
Getting Better Results from Your Haulers 14
Procurement Practices: Buying Recycled 13
Multi-Family Residential Recycling 11
Innovative Funding 10
Adjusting Fees without Violating Prop 218 10
Household Hazardous Waste/Oil Recycling 9
Commercial Audits 8
Greenwaste Separation & Recycling 8
Home and Business On-Site Composting 8
Commercial Sector Recycling 8
Junk Mail Reduction 7
Regional Organics Recycling 7
Clean and Dirty MRFs 7
Market Development for Recycled Material 7
Siting Compost Facilities 6
Curbside Pickups/Separation 6
Dealing with Delinquent Accounts 4
Variable Can Rates 2

Additional suggested topics were: